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R. G. HANPORD, JI'.

FASTENING FOR STRAPS, &c. No. 275,203. Patented Apr.3,1883.

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FASTENING FOR STRAPS, &c. No. 275,203. Patented Apr.3,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC ROBERT G. HANFORD, JR., OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

FASTENING FOR STRAPS, 86C- SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 275,203, dated April 3, 1883.

Application filed September 27, 1882. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT G. HANFORD, Jr., of Columbus, in the countyof Franklin and Stateof Ohio, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Fastenings for Straps and Like Articles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a simple andeffective device for fastening to the halite-rings a breast-strap, suchas is employed in double harness for backing and holding back a vehicle.

My invention consists in a fastener provided with means wherehyit may beattached to a strap, and comprising certain novel features ofconstruction, which are hereinafter particularly described, and setforth in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an edge view of a breast-strapand fastenings embodying my improvement, one of the fastenings beingshown in section. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of thefasteningsand a buckle connected therewith, and Fig. 3 is a plan of thefastening and buckle on a larger scale.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding narts in all thefigures.

A A designate two short straps or pieces of leather, arranged in contactwith each other.

At the ends they are fastened to buckles B, and they pass in the usualway under the outer bars, a, ofthe buckles, receive the tongues 12 ofthe buckles through them, and then pass under a keeper-bar, c, and overa bar, cl. At the bend they are furnished with an ordinary metalprojecting plate, 0. v

D designates fasteners for securing the straps to the hame-iings E.These fasteners are here shown as made integral with the buckles B; butI do not wish to be restricted to their use with buckles. If to be usedwith the ordinary doubled long straps, or with chains, they may beprovided with loops for receiving the straps or chains. Each fastenerconsists essentially of straight and approximately-parallel portions g,extending from the bar d, a. rounded loop, 0, of greater diameterlaterally than the distance between the straight parallel portions g,and a rigid tongue, f, ex-

tending backward from the center of the outer portion of the loop, andhaving its end turned in between the straight portions 9. The loop e isbent aside in the direction of its length, and the tongue f is also bentlongitudinally, butin the opposite direction to the bend of the loop.The loop 0 is sufficiently long to slip over a Dame-ring E, and thespace between the tongnefand either of the straight portions 9 issufficiently wide to receive the ring when it is turned into a positionparallel with the tongue.

To fasten the breast strap or straps to a name-ring, the fastener isslipped over the ring so that the ring will fit between one side of theloop and i s tongue, as shown in Fig. 2, and then the fastener istwisted so as to pass the tongue through the ring. The ring will thenlie between the eye formed by the bend of the loop and the reverse bendof the tongue,and as the ring bears against thesides of the loop, asshown in Fig. 3, the latter will tend to prevent the canting or twistingof the ring. Although especially designed for use with hatne-rtngs, thefastener may be put to various uses.

- \Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The fastener D,provided with means whereby it may be attached to astrap, and consisting of the straight and approximately-parallelportions g,'the rounded loop e, of greater diameter laterally than thedistance between the straight portions g, and the rigid tonguef,extending backwardly from the outer portion of the loop 6, and havingits end turned in between the straight portions 9, substantially asdescribed,whereby a ring may'be inserted by being adjusted into aposition nearly parallel with the tongue, and when slipped past the endof the tongue will bear against the sides of the loop,so that the latterwill resist anytendency that the ring may have to cant or twist.

R. G. HANFORD, JR. Witnesses FRANK A. DAVIS, HENRY N. GALLOWAY.

